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in the coral
03:32
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bounds of radiance
all my restrictions end in rhyme
still unstable
with all my integers in line
each folly faded
all in bitter due time
engraved in gradients
backspace, capsize, herbicide!
in forms of ink and pixel,
we play shadow puppets in the dark
casting shapes of ourselves
can you see them?
we're finding figures in the clouds
surreal thoughts project aloud
a hologram though it may be,
come to life!
reside in this place
palms glued to face
such harmonious waste
but I will shut it down!
and escape,
pre-mortem, post-haste
orange stripes and tiny cries
but I can't turn off the rain
now all the walls bend
pretty patterns now torment
"is that really what I said?"
is all this art all I am?
feel like an isotope
they want the cleaner clone
focus on the pedal tone
enough, enough, enough
the smoke under the door
soon it will fill the room
there's no time to question more
just pick up your feet and move
how could the smallest stone
fracture a coliseum
focus on the metronome
ENOUGH, ENOUGH, ENOUGH!
every good sinking ship
deserves a string quartet
but we couldn't afford one
so here's the Ultra Violets
and as we play the theme
echo in hopeful lament
"fala lala lala, dadada lala la la la"
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bleedin' gums
05:05
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I am an archetype
I am a function
I am a construct
merely the notion
I am a stereotype
I am a commodity
I am a statistic
apparently i'm autonomy
I am a cog in the wheel
I am the rebellion
I am bits of exploding space
I exist as zeroes and ones
squeezed the roll of toothpaste dry
but these gums,they are still bleeding
yet still no substance
this is not content
please keep scrolling
no matter,
formless suspension
spawn of density
I shrink into submission
I am the method
the meticulous approach
I am the variable
the unwilling reproach
I am a system
I am a fallacy
I am electromagnetism
and I am just a policy
I am a catharsis
I am an addiction
I am recovery
I am the mortician
nevertheless, the world keeps teetering.
it never had time for the meek and the feeble ones
I'm occupying space somewhere I guess so I will brag about it
still haven't touched your subject matter, dear.
what's wrong, aren't you hungry?
I am incompetent
I am a virtuoso
I am simply unsubstantial
a total visionary
I am intrinsic
I am strategically incidental
I am insignificant
I am somehow consequential
I am problematic
I am completely valid
I have no equilibrium
a picture of perfect balance
the new is dead. get over it
I shouldn't always try to be so cryptic
grown tired with anthropology
the human race owes itself more than an apology
with your voice, you penetrate the atmosphere
with your hand, you displace all the atoms here
in this life, I hope there's time to make amends
although you try,
you'll never make it all make sense
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chromatic aberration
02:47
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under the LED night sky, a shiver
suddenly the surface of the sun sounds okay
who do we become when our impulses take over?
I dial in on my distraction with precision
victim of my instincts, that's never an excuse
another forfeiture of a decision
if I can think rhythmically, maybe I can learn to focus
I'll stop spitting syllables, start making words
this is what my voice sounds like
this is my appearance
these are the beliefs I hold for now, but likely not for long
chemical imbalances, everybody's got 'em
if this is how mine work, then I will try to work around it
in tandem with the man-made pandemonium surrounding us
sometimes we make hysteria so we can overcome it
in all the noise and boredom,
we found our homes
screaming through the dissonance
the sweetest tones
can you ever have a frame of reference outside your own?
by the time I'm done refracting,
you will see me upside-down
as light passes through,
it bends and bleeds into brown
at a high enough resolution, you'll find one isn't quite so clear
this future's pretty weird, man
still I couldn't feel more cavalier
but I assure you
this assortment of words isn't serving as a sermon of sorts
it's much more like a portrait
and kind of like an X-ray
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cm
01:48
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gooey
05:19
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"hey party people! the dance craze of the 90's is coming back! but this time, it's in the form of a jelly! you can rub it under your eyelids, on your wounds, or even enjoy it as a nice mid-afternoon snack. dance music got me on a 12-step program to leading a happier, healthier, more productive lifestyle! dance music helped me save up to 15% monthly by balancing my finances!some scientists say that by the year 2021, dance music will have replaced every word in the English dictionary, so GET ON YOUR FEET!"
🕊💥
lightning strikes on a clump of molten play-doh
somewhere along the steam factories of the ocean floor
we pulled ourselves together out of electricity and gas
now those are a luxury some people can't even afford
we swam amongst the trilobites
and wondered how this limestone sediment coat would fit
you grew some legs, laid some eggs, learned to breathe
now you ostracize anyone not breathing the same way as you
the proverbial peace dove is exploding
I can see the emptiness for miles and miles
and even in the all the open space eroding,
I've never felt so claustrophobic
you can scream until your ears are bleeding
but how do you think you will ever hear the groove?
and when suddenly, you revert to an invertebrate
how did you think you were ever going to move?
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